Re: Hey! Look how stupid I am!!!


overma...@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
Somewhere I read an abstract of a paper which was more concrete about
which strains are more virulent.

It does seem at least possible that there is a difference in
pathogenicity among strains.

B31 basically does not have OspC, and so is not an invasive strain.

This is the strain used by SmithKline in their vaccine trial,
effectively
rendering OspA, B, and C, "the primary immunodominant antigens,"
according to Allen Steere, *out* of the testing standard.

Kathleen

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